Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-08-28
MINES AND MINHRS.

The mines at Eckhart, M H., are run
ming steadily now.
Pittsburgh coal sells in the hicago mar
ket at 50 81.
Hooking Valley coal sells ~ 81 10 in the
Chicago market.
In the Chicago market II diana block
coal sells at y 65.
Grape Creek coal sells in the Chicago
market mt s. 40.
The mines at OSceola Mi Is, Pa, are
only running about half time
4 new coal shaft is bein & opened ut
Iitch6eld Kansas.
The strike at Beaver Run, near Massil-
lon: q was not settled mt las accounts.
A four and half foot vein of coal has
hsrn found ut Newman, III.
ConnelIsyille coke sells al Buffalo on
track at s. 80.
The mines ut Girard, Kan. are opening
out big Two large strip banks will he
started up for the winter trad e.
The last place to come to Il e front with
u vein of bituminous coal iP Hermann,
Mimi.
4 new vein of coal has be m developed
at Marissa, H., 90 feet below the surface.
IL is seven feet thickness.
There is every prospect that there will
be un unusually large fall coat run IN the
fourth pool of the Monongahelh river.
The mines at Elk Garden, W. Va, are
making good time now, and prospects are
good for the fall run.
New mines are being open ID near East
Brady, Pa, by McCallerty 4 Morrison.
They have three hundred acr1 of valuable
coal lands.
The Mt. BraddocI ovens, u the Con-
nellsyille region, which have been idle for
several years, are being repa red and fired
rs rapidly as possible.
A twenty-fOot vein of coal has been dc
yelopcd at Glenn City, Pa, 'snd work has
begun. Several openings will be made
and the working force INCREASED rs the
work warrants.
Massillon coal sells in Clcyr land at 81, 80
a. is; Briar Hill, 81 75a3.W; Pittsburg,
s. 25a2 30; Salineyille, Sl.I5al.S5; Tusca-
rawas, $1.T5a1.S 81.
Reynoldsyille coal sells il the Buffalo
market as follows: Screened lump. $3.50;
lump and nut, mixed, 81 10; run Otmines,
s. -; screened nut. S2.25, rut and slack
mixed, s. %; slack, SIS.
The mines at MortOnsvil>e, Ohio, are
shipping coal, and prospects IRE good for
continuance. The introduction Of machines
will increase the output, seys raj having al
ready been set to work. TIL, vein IS live
foot one.
The miners of Iron Nountsiin, Michigan,
have struck against an oIier requiring
them to work Sunday nights. Their ap-
peal is pathetic, and states hat they are
already buried under ground sixty hours 4
week.
The mines at Coalville, Iowa, are run
ming Mt 80 cents per ton. The average
wages earned for the SUMMER months is
$50; winter, S35. The screen used is seven
eirhts of an inch. They have pluck-me
store at which the miners mi ST deal. The
men are out against the price.
The receipts of coal by can al ut Buffalo,
n. Y. from opening OF navigation to Au-
gust were Is, 752 net tons as compared
with 80. PSI tons in 1886 and 36, 059 tons in
1885; the shipments, 3, 709 ne tons as COM
pared with 9,0I5 tons in 1856, and l4,Oo3
tons in 1885.
The coal trade Of the country is certain
ly in good shape, barring the subject oil
nriceS here and there obtain I'd for btu
minous coal and the inability of great rail-
way lines to supply sufficient transpoTta-
ton. The latter is becoming a nuisance,
more especially in the west Black DID
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